There are 5 parts of the course each student must complete to graduate:

1. Academics

2. Gear Fitting & Paperwork Session

3. Pool session

4. Open Water Dives

5. Gear rental & care/maintenance session, Class De-brief

Students signed up for this class so far:

Instructors: Bob and Denise

1 & 2. Paul X 2 (F*)

3. Samantha Mathis (T @ 3pm)

4. Willie Morris (F @ 10am)

5. Nick G (T @ 3pm) Only doing Pool training this weekend

6. Stef G (T @ 3pm) Only doing Pool training this weekend

7. Will Gonzales

8. Joseph Davidson (T @ 3pm)

9. Dale Mills: refresher, pool on Friday only (T @ 3pm)

10. Dinos (T @ 3pm) Only doing Pool training this weekend

What our Open Water Course consists of:

Academics

* The academics are completed at home from a DVD set or an Online Code we issue you when you come by the store or pay online for your scuba class. The academics are done on your own schedule, in your own time. There are review materials/quizzes to complete as you work through this material. When you are finished with your academics, we need to fit you for scuba gear, then hit the water!

Gear Fitting, Final Academic Test and Paperwork

This takes place at the Dayo Dive Shop on Thursday at 3pm

OR

Friday morning at 10am

You need to bring the following with you when you come to the scuba store:

* Proof of completed academics: filled in Knowledge Reviews for PADI students, filled in Workbooks for SDI students, or the printout if you completed your academics via an online code.

* The filled in paperwork, medical statement & other forms you got in your pack when you signed up (contact denise@dayo.com if you didn't get these forms, and she will email them to you)

* A bathing suit (so we can fit you for a wetsuit)

Pool Session

* We do the pool session on Friday afternoon from 2pm-7pm, in Oviedo. You MUST have completed your academic test, and have been fitted for your scuba gear (as described above) before coming to the pool session. We use a nice, warm heated (local) pool to train our divers, it's the perfect place to learn how to scuba dive!

Checkout Dives

* Students must complete a minimum of 4 open water checkout dives; we do 2 on Saturday at Alexander Springs (finish time 1-2pm) and and 2 on Sunday at Rainbow River.

* Sunday is a slightly longer day, as we return to the dive shop after diving to complete session 5 of the class, the gear check-in, gear care & maintenance seminar, class debriefing and out processing (takes place at the dive store usually between 3-5pm).